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5'8" @ 310 LOL

19 snaps, 25% 1 assisted tackle

The LOL was referring to the naked eye comment after another poster was shot down with data. IDK, I hadn't considered it, so let's look at the comps this season to last, as I write here, through six games. Should we consider only the RBs then? Let's run RBs and total, since so many runs last season were seemingly designed to run Allen. Here's the raw data. It appears that the RBs in general are carrying the laod more, but overall, the total rushing yards is not significantly better. The Yards-per-Carry is also down by a Yard-per-Carry by the RBs and by .3 YPC in total if we include Allen. So I suppose the answer depends upon what the criteria is. More rushing TDs by the RBs, then yes. More yards by the RBs, yes. Yards-per-Carry, either, no. More total rushing yards by the team, no, particularly given the diminished 1.0 YPC. But in a direct answer to your question, I would say no, and here's why. Last season our running game through the first six games was notably more consistent. Last season we had rushing totals in games 1-6 as 121, 101, 115, 125, 120, 125. Best to worst was 24 rushing yards. This season we've had rushing totals in games 1-6: 97, 183, 168, 104, 29, 128. Best to worst is 154. As for me, I'd rather have the consistency as it makes it easier to plan. The standard deviation of that second set is 6 times what it is for the first. But concerning me more about our offense is that last season our lowest scoring games were 10, 17, 19, and 20. After that we scored 23+ in every game. This season, only six games in, we've already all but matched our low scores: 14, 16, 20. Your thoughts? 2022

Maybe it was, but from what I saw I thought that the fight was naturally spawned. Dawkins and whomever it was got into a tussle in a seemingly normal manner and it escalated from there. Maybe it was contrived. I'll acquiesce, file under who cares. LOL You also ignore some things going the other way too. Like the Giants' decision-making at the end of both halves. They easily could have scored 14 more to your 6 more theory. Just sayin'. At the end of the day they had more total yards, more passing yards, more rushing yards, a comparable number of 1st-Downs, ran more plays, converted nearly twice as many 3rd-downs, despite having more penalties and penalty yards. Either way, they came into this game ranking either 31st or 32nd in offense, now they're 32nd, DFL. They haven't even averaged a dozen points-per-game, so holding them to 9 while watching them screw themselves out of one or possibly two TDs doesn't support notions that our D played well either. Also consider, we allowed them their second most 1st-Downs, second most passing and total yards, and most rushing yards that they've logged all season. Our OL seems to have been playing quite well prior to this week. Why the downturn, at home, in a game that was very important given last week, but against a defense and passing defense in particular that doesn't rank above average in any significant category and which ranks DFL in both sacks and QBHits, and fourth from the bottom in TFL. They have 5 sacks, 4 of which are by Thibideax. Not one other player has a full sack. LOL Either way, back to my original point, we're not a team that's good at adjusting to what the opponents are giving us. And again, we didn't enter this game looking prepared. My concern is that over the past several seasons we've come out of the gates swinging, as if the early part of our season decided whether or not we were going to make the playoffs, then leveled off, which appears to be what is occurring again, ... as we approach the gauntlet of our schedule. What's far more important is continuity over the course of a 17-game season now. At this point I'm seeing a 10-7 wild-card team. Also concerning is that Dorsey's had 22 games now to prove some competence in regularly adjusting, not calling boneheaded plays that even the national media is all over, and for ensuring that we get the most out of this offense. 0 points through 3 Qs simply doesn't cut it, the fact that it was against the Giants only pours lemon juice into the cut. It raises serious questions, very serious ones in fact since his peers have done quite a bit better generally speaking at the top levels where he is, in that amount of games, as to whether he's suited for this role. The only questions in my mind are who's really in charge offensively? It sounds like Dorsey, but does McD have his undeducated hand in it? To what extent does Allen impact things at the coaching level? We don't know. But the notion that Allen's the reason why Dorsey's here, and given Dorsey's blatant issues, that's a problem. I'm also critical of McD's role in it. Does he have one? If not, why not? He's gotten quite a bit of lattitude on the issues of the offense, unearned IMO, when he's the head coach. At what point is McD held accountable for Dorsey's inabilities or incompetencies? Dorsey is ultimately McD's choice for OC, no one else's. McD's gotten quite a bit of mileage out of having been the one to "bring the Bills back," but the standard needs to be raised now, and questions need to start being asked whether he's the one to take this team across the Jordan. And now with Allen's shoulder potentially injured. They need solutions now, while Allen's here, not after another five seasons trying to see whether McD is the one to take us there despite his miserable ability to coach come playoff time.

They beat the Jets, played them better than we did in both sides, and three of their losses are to teams that will all but assuredly make the playoffs. After yesterday's stinker, and last week's issue-laden game, I'm simply hoping that our first few games weren't on adrenaline. Either way, I'm not counting any of our games as even approaching gimme wins at this point.

LOL, that was worse to stick that last part in there. 😁 Well see what comes back.

Yes, again, way out of context with the original point to which I made the statement. I know what I commented on, thank you. 😎

And House Ballards, and Thurman Thomases, and Bruce Smith's, etc. Maybe then we could win a championship. 😉 😏 Davis gets paid less than both. LOL Sherfield's never done anything, not sure why anyone expected him to here.

Your the first post I've seen mention that. I was wondering whether anyone was going to notice much less mention it. Again, this is attributable to coaching. You take Diggs, then have him run routes that most of your other WRs are fully capable of running, and with better results of Diggs took some defenders downfield first. Another mind-boggling thing related to Dorsey.

I don't mind discussing in the original context, but this is an enormous tangent.

Fair At the same time, you can always adjust to assist yourself, that's hardly a forte of ours, ... attributable to coaching. Secondly, did the team seem prepared to play yesterday? It didn't to me, and many others, which again, would be attributable to coaching.

How were they and the others we had doing at the time that Beane signed Miller? Seriously, you didn't get the context?

They weren't when Beane signed Von Miller. That was the implication.

It matters, but my point was that it's also very much in line with their average of less than a FG more, and we allowed way more yards than their average. Not too mention that out was their blunders, not or D, that cost them the game. Twice in fact. LOL You cannot effectively argue that. The Giants offense, like most of Daboll's others, sucks, and in this case is the worst in the league, also not unfamiliar territory for him. I'm not patting the defense on the back for this performance, in a home game.

There's quite clearly a recurring issue on the offensive side of the ball, and it's not always involving the same players or unit. That means that it's clearly a coaching issue. What kind of a coaching issue I suppose that everyone can have their opinion on, but it seems pretty obvious to me that Dorsey's in over his head and/or he's simply not good. 22 games into his tenure these issues should not exist. He's got more than other OCs that aren't nearly as inconsistent have to work with. Then there's this blatant disconnect between McD and everything that's offensively oriented, as if to suggest that because he's "defensive-minded" that somehow it's not his responsibility, which is ridiculous. I appreciate our loyalty as Bills fans, but sorry to say, this coaching staff is not anything even close to an ideal fit for the talent that the team has presently. It's going to continue to be a handicap in the playoffs.

27 Snaps, 35%

That's the position you put yourself in when your drafts are ineffective at producing impact pass rushers, much less elite players. He can thank himself for it.

0 points through 3 Qs. If anyone has suggested to me that this team go 3 Qs without a score, of any kind, through three quarters of any game this season, I'd have told them they were nuts. But the Giants? Everyone's praising our D, but they held a team that hasn't even averaged 12 PPG or 1 TD/game to their second most total yards, passing yards, 1st Downs, and most rushing yards that they've logged all season. ... in our house! Impressive? The only reason why we won this game is due to Taylor's and Daboll's ineptitude. As well, anyone truly believing that Allen, like Brady, hasn't been responsible for his own development more than either Daboll or Dorsey was is misguided. Von Miller was a known high-risk/high-reward trade on which we've realized the risk. Anyone expecting a 34-year old player to return to his former self after that kind of one injury is foolish. Miller will never be worth what he's getting paid at this point. How Beane deals with that remains to be seen.

And it was Taylor's clock-management idiocy that gave us the win. The question boils down to whether Dorsey can string three, maybe even four good games together, in order to achieve the ultimate goal. If we posted a poll, I don't think he'd have too many believers.

Dorsey's in over his head. The problem is that we have a head coach that's so patient that he'll give him five seasons to figure it out, in the name of culture and loyalty. We'll see where this goes. No one should hold their breath that Dorsey's going anywhere. That's a McD issue.

Truth! Allen let 30 passes fly. 16 of 'em went in Diggs' direction. Diggs is great, but honestly, ... I have one question for Dorsey ...

He says he's not dead. ... I'm sorry, all I can do is laugh after this game.

Someone should x-ray Dorsey's head too.

Someone send Dorsey the 64-Crayon set, he needs to upgrade from his 16-Crayon set.